John J. Abularrage

Collins Stewart Europe Ltd. (Investment Management) (CSE-IM) is the investment management division of Collins Stewart Europe Ltd., the wholly-owned wealth management subsidiary of Collins Stewart plc (LSE: CLST), a leading independent stockbroker in Great Britain. CSE was established in 1991 in partnership with Singer & Friedlander and became independent in 2000 through a management buyout. Following the 2005 acquisition of Prebon, the inter-dealer broker activity developed and was demerged in 2006 as Tullett Prebon plc (LSE: TLPR). CSE, regrouping the brokerage and asset management activities, underwent a reverse acquisition by Collins Stewart plc. The wealth management division has offices in London, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man and provides stock broking and investment management services on a discretionary, advisory or pure execution basis. Their clients are private individuals, trusts, charities, institutions including pension funds and private companies in Great Britain and overseas. Located in London, CSE-IM operates in close relationship with their offshore subsidiary Collins Stewart (CI) Ltd, registered in Guernsey. The firm manages segregated accounts, structured portfolios, pooled products including a Dublin-domiciled umbrella fund, and alternative strategies.

Collins Stewart Hawkpoint Ltd. provides financial advisory services. Its services include institutional stock broking, fixed income credit trading, corporate broking, corporate finance advisory services, debt capital markets advice, restructuring and debt advisory services, private client and intermediary wealth management, and fund management. The company was founded on May 05, 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1991, Collins Stewart LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of UK-based Collins Stewart Plc. Their research focuses on the aerospace and defense, technology, telecommunications, biotechnology, Internet/software and semiconductors sectors

Founded in 2006, Tullett Prebon Financial Services LLC is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The firm is a subsidiary of Tullett Prebon Americas Corp. and their ultimate parent is Tullett Prebon Plc. Tullett Prebon Financial Services provides a variety of services including floor trading, retailing of corporate equity securities OTC, U.S. Government securities, municipal securities, oil & gas interests, puts & Calls, option writing, private placements and the selling of interest in mortgages or other receivables. Tullett Prebon also acts as a broker on a name give-up bases on transactions involving derivatives, including but not limited to credit derivatives.

Tullett Prebon Americas Corp. provides security brokerage services. The company is headquartered New Jersey City, NJ.

TP ICAP Global Markets Americas LLC (TP ICAP) is registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and formerly known as Garban Corporates LLC and as ICAP Corporates LLC. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICAP Securities USA LLC, which is ultimately owned by TP ICAP Group Plc (LON: TCAP) in Great Britain. TP ICAP provides comprehensive analysis and insight into market conditions and long-term trends. They combine data, knowledge and intelligence into contextual insight and commercial guidance.